Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-23
NYE AT COkEY ISLAND.
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Remarks.
Bathing costumes seem to lie similar this
year t. what they have always been. In
| stoc AingS YOU occasionally see a pair In odd
shades like baby elephants breath or smoth-
| cred shrimp pink, with embroidered soft
shell crabs on them, out they are mostly
! black
| The oldest thing saw in stockings yes
| terdav. | think, was an artificial foot.
The Wild Woman o: the Catskills" is still
| on exhibition at the museum Girl, who are
| a little inclined to be wild will do well to see
her They would never be wild any more
| Then bathed l feel quite proud Of my
suit. because it does not bag at the knees.
| This. presume, is because the capacity Of
a bsthing suit for bagging Is comparatively
| limited, and as NINE seems 20 lag every
where else it cannot find time to bag at the
| knees.
Leaving my clothes, nv conscientious
| scruples and my teeth in charge OF my valet,
| | msdly wsded out To meet my doom. II
| had been going out to meet anybody else but
| a moist doom would have dressed differently
| l beard several low. wealthy people say, Get
| onto the gun wiper going out to monkey with
1 tue TUE oHc oOihs, VIVA
! her bathing trousers rolled up at the bottom
50 that they could not get wet. said, in tink
ling voYe: There is a man who ought u
| have a Ninker tied TO him. He will never
! drown, but if a land breeze springs up pretty
strong he will drift long way out to sea
After had inhaled all the salt water that
l Thought was good for me, retired from
the surf then dressed myself and stroled
along the strand. There is no charge for
strollins along the strand The poorest man
/ il. New York. armed with n large, warty
club TO keep of the bunko men, may stroll
I along the strand with perfect safety.
| Presently caIpe upon young woman who
was sitting by herself. gazing out 10 sra and
weeping At first thought she was crying
because some one had stolen her clothes " bile
she was in the surf, but l soon saw that
was wrong.
She had her bathing suit on. and was sob
| bing and stabbIng large holes In the sand
/ with her toes.
Pardon me- said, with the air OF man
Of the world. ~has your train gone away and
left YOU, or have YOU swallowed one end Of a
! breaker, as didf"
"Pl-sse do not make game Of me. sir" she
said, at the same time shrinking back. 1T is
! n,.hlng that could i'll the least interest you.
. Go away"
No." said |, huskily, Il cannot go away
until the next boat, and would be tickled al
most to death if | could participate in your
sorrow. | have no card with me, but l AIN
connected with the press, and it would b'
bstter to give the story TO me and let me get
your exact language than to have it gar ble'i
by the other papers. Where do you res!de' .
Il reside at present in New York. she said,
gulping down sob three sizes too large for
her, and am utterly alone"
Well, why don't you girls in New York
who are utterly alone have a reunion this
summer at the Polo grounds! l have not
been in New York very long, but since I've
been there it seems 10 me that you and the
other utterly lonely girls have taken the
town. What brought you to New York,
NAV ] ask"
Il came there TO obtain employment, and
it is all 50 strange and 80 harsh aud - heart
l,ss there" She then took of her O.tskln
bonnet and wept it almost full
What kind OF work had you been accus-
toned tor